Maeve Ingoldsby

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Maeve Ingoldsby McDonagh (1947 – 29 September 2021)[1] also known as Maeve Nic Giolla Iosa,[2] was an Irish writer of the Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) radio comedy show Only Slaggin' and writer on RTÉ television soap operas Glenroe and Fair City. She was a well-known playwright and satirist.

Early life

Ingoldsby was born in Dublin, one of the eight children of Colm Ingoldsby and Maureen Ingoldsby.[3] She was a school teacher as a young woman.[4]

Career

Ingoldsby wrote for the radio comedy programme Only Slaggin', and wrote episodes for television soap operas Glenroe and Fair City. She wrote numerous children's plays[2] including Earwigs, which was awarded "Best Young Peoples' Production" at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 1995.[1] Two of her plays were the bases for children's operas of Colin Mawby, commissioned and first performed by the National Chamber Choir of Ireland.[5] She was writer-i-residence and script editor with the Barnstorm Theatre Company in Kilkenny.[4] She wrote seven pantos for the Gaiety Theatre, and six more for the Performing Arts School Galway.[6][7]

In 1997 Ingoldsby held an international arts residency in the United States,[8][9] and was the first Author in Residence at the Bienes Center for the Literary Arts in Florida.[10]

Personal life

Ingoldsby married Bernard McDonagh and had five sons and a daughter.[4][3] She died on 29 September 2021, age 74, at her home in Portmarnock.[3] In 2024, her play The Bus, written with Philip Hardy, was produced by Barnstorm Theatre Company and toured in Ireland.[4] Her son Brian McDonagh was Mayor of Fingal in 2024.[11] Her sons Seán, Niall, and Gus are all professional actors.[12][13]

Works

  • Firestone (1990)[4]
  • Earwigs (1995)[4]
  • Bananas in the Bread Bin (1997)[8]
  • Silly Bits of Sky (1998)[14][15]
  • Scaredycats (1999)[16]
  • Kevin's Story (2001)[17]
  • Monkey Puzzle Tree[4]
  • Out of Line[4]
  • Crabs in a Bucket[4]
  • The Bus (2002, with Philip Hardy)[4][18][19]
  • A Proper Da[20]

References

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